Awards History

Jour­nal­ism Teacher of the Year (award began in 1983)
2012   Kristi Rath­bun, Rock Canyon High School
2011   Car­rie Faust, Smoky Hill High School
2010   Mary Lauck, Platte Val­ley High School
2009   Justin Daigle, Brighton High School
2008   Jack Kennedy, Rock Canyon High School
2007   Dar­ryl Stafford, Kent Den­ver School
2006   Stephen Wahlfeldt, Rocky Moun­tain High School
2005   Kath­lyne Gaber, Mon­trose High School
2004   Kathy Beach,  High­lands Ranch High School
2003   Nikki Sameshima,  Thun­der­Ridge High School
2002   Pam Bond-Simmons, Fairview High School
2001   Sheila Jones,  Engle­wood High School
2000   Judy Cook,  Eagle Val­ley High School
1999   Terry Ander­son,  Gate­way High School
1998   Mon­ica Williamson, Rangeview High School
1997   Mark New­ton,  Grand Junc­tion High School
1996   Ann Horner,  High­lands Ranch High School
1995   Kathy Daly,  Over­land High School
1994   Bruce Knuth,  Hori­zon High School
1993   Jan­ice Watkins,  Alam­osa High School
1992   Ken Kill­gore,  Wood­land Park High School
1991   Marta Hedde,  Hori­zon High School
1990   Clarissa Crozier, Ara­pa­hoe High School
1989   Melissa Nel­son,  Aurora Cen­tral High School
1988   Glenn Gray,  Rocky Moun­tain High School
1987   Heidi Dud­ley,  Her­itage High School
1986   Angela Nickum,  Adams City High School
1985   Fran Henry,  Dou­glas County High School
1984   Bob Keith,  Estes Park High School
1983   Bob­bie Kay,  Jef­fer­son High School

Admin­is­tra­tor of the Year (award began in 1994)
2012   Dr. James Cal­houn, Cas­tle View High School
2011   No Award Given
2010  Brad Joens, Platte Val­ley High School
2009  Cathy Nolan, Legacy HS
2008  Jill Myers, Mon­trose HS
2007  Susan Humphrey, Coro­n­ado HS
2006  Dr. Harry Bull Jr., Grand­view High School
2005  Susan Bangs, High­lands Ranch High School
2004  Deb­o­rah Ander­son, Igna­cio High School
2003  Richard Hagan, Mon­trose High School
2001  Ray Apking, Fort Mor­gan High School
2000  Kari Allen, Rangeview High School
1999  Dr. Roscoe David­son, Engle­wood High School
1998  Joan Edmonds, Grand Junc­tion High School
1997  Edna Doherty, Dou­glas County High School
1996  Ron Booth, Ara­pa­hoe High School
1995  Michael Nac­hazel, Hink­ley High School
1994  Mar­ilou Hen­der­lite, Hori­zon High School

Medal of Merit (award began in 2007)
2011 Dar­ryl Stafford, Kent Den­ver School
2011 Yvette Roberts, Sal­ida HS
2009 Dianne Gum, Lit­tle­ton HS
2009 Katy Gray, Mof­fat County HS
2008 Sheila Jones, Engle­wood HS
2008 Pam Bond-Simmons, Fairview HS
2007 Ed Bray, Canon City HS
2007 Mary Lauck, Platte Val­ley HS

Friend of Scholas­tic Jour­nal­ism (award began in 2005, and has been pre­sented in the spring semes­ter)
2010  Greg Luft, chair — CSU Jour­nal­ism and Tech­ni­cal Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Depart­ment
2010  Larry Stew­ard, pres­i­dent — Rocky Moun­tain Stu­dent Media
2009  Gary Wysocki, owner — Video Year­book of the Rock­ies
2008  John Tem­ple, edi­tor — The Rocky Moun­tain News
2007  Pat Pas­coe, for­mer leg­is­la­tor and spon­sor of the 1990 Col­orado Stu­dent Free­dom of Expres­sion Law
2006  Richard Bal­lan­tine, pub­lisher — Durango Her­ald
2005  Ed Otte, exec­u­tive direc­tor — Col­orado Press Association